Sunday, 14 December 2008

Mikwaukee based troubadour Nick Miller kindly sent me his acoustic demo disc, which is pretty sweet. Quitters is a great track, and his voice reminds me a little at points of Jeff Buckley and sometimes a little of Anthony of "and the Johnsons" fame. It varies a great deal in the demo, from the high falsetto I've just been describing to a gruff low tenor, which is either interesting or inconsistent depending on how generous you are.

The music reminds me a little of Nick Drake and I say that fully aware that literally everyone compares literally everything acoustic with a male voice to Nick Drake. Listen to it, I think you might agree.

One question: Nick, dearest, why are you wearing sunglasses indoors? Actually, two questions: what are you knitting?!

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This blog aims to keep up to date with current releases but fails gloriously and is often nothing more than me enthusing about something I heard yesterday. It's mainly modern indie/pop/folk type stuff but there will be the occasional track from the past and even the odd bit of jazz.